Lead With Your Heart
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S “Lead with your heart” is what I heard myself whisper to my daughter Avery, who lay curled up in my arms with tears pouring down her face. [...]
The Therapist: The Most Important Toy in the Playroom
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S This is such an important question because the field has overemphasized the child’s process and has not emphasized the therapist’s process enough or the roll the therapist [...]
In the Eye of the Tornado: Finding the Blessing in Chaos
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S "When I sink into the tornado and allow myself to just spin and swirl, somehow I find the eye and soon the sun comes out." Have you [...]
Are You Missing Something in Your Sandbox?
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S While not for every client or therapist, sand can calls to us and draws us in. Something about it seems to grab us and touch the depths [...]
Attunement: Two Hands as One
Attunement: Two Hands as One By Krista Reinhardt-Ruprecht, CMT, Art Therapist, Certified SPT Therapist In Zen Shiatsu, a form of body work based on energy meridians in the body, the practitioner uses [...]
How To Use the Bop Bags in the Play Therapy Playroom
How To Use the Bop Bags in the Play Therapy Playroom By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Some play therapists believe bop bags promote aggression in children, while others believe they're an essential [...]
How a Tragedy Inspired a new Play Therapy Model
How a Tragedy Inspired a new Play Therapy Model Renown therapist Lisa Dion developed Synergetic Play Therapy after a hit-and-run car accident. In dedication to my daughter, Avery Grace. When I was 29 [...]